LETTING CUSHIONBERRY GO WITHOUT PERFORMING A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST. THIS MAN CREATES A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS FOR REPUBLICAN PARTY HERE IN MICHIGAN. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBER WESTSIDE OF THE STATE. SAID HE IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. AFTER LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEADERS CALLED FOR HIS RESIGNATION, ABOUT THE INFLAMMATORY COMMENTS HE MADE ABOUT THE MUSLIM AND GAY COMMUNITY. AND MARA MACDONALD IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM. MARARWHEN THEY SAY YOU HAVE TO RESIGN, THINGS ARE BAD? IT HAPPENED TODAY. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE SAID HE NEEDS TO RE SIGN. LATE TONIGHT, DAVE SAID NOT GOING ANYWHERE. G.O.P. NATIONAL COMMITTEE MAN DAVE AGEMAN IS NOT A STRANGER TO CONTROVERSY. LAST SPRINGY CITED A STUDY ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE BY A WHITE SUPREMIST THAT MADE CRAZY CLAIMS LIKE GAYS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HALF THE MURDERS IN LARGE CITIES. HE EVENTUALLY TOOK IT DOWN AND BLEW OFF CALLS FOR HIS RESIGNATION, LAST WEEK HE FIRED UP SOCIAL MEDIA AGAIN BY ASKING WHETHER ANY MUSLIM HAD MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICAN SOCIETY? G.O.P. FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE MICHIGAN TAXPAYER ALLIANCE WAS AT THE HEAD OF THE CHARGE DEMANDING AGEMAN MUST GO. IMPORTANT THAT REPUBLICAN PARTY SHOW THAT AGEMA IS A FREAK. AND THAT AGEMA IS NOT SOMEBODY THAT STANDS FOR WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY STANDS FOR. IT TOOK FORMER MICHIGAN CHAIRWOMAN AND UBER REPUBLICAN BETSY DEVAUSE TO SAY HE NEEDED TO GO, AFTER THAT VIRTUALLY EVERY HIGH RANKING MEMBER IN THE STATE HAS FOLLOWED SUIT. LATE TONIGHT AGEMA ISSUED AN APOLOGY WHICH READS, I READILY ACKNOWLEDGE MY MISTAKE, APPRECIATE THE CHARITABLE EFFORTS OF MUSLIM AMERICANS AND OFFER MY SINCEREIST APOLOGY FOR REPOSTING A ARTICLE THAT WAS QUOTED AS MY WORDS. THIS IS PART OF AGEMA'S STATEMENT, IN IT AT THE END HE SAID HE WOULD REMAIN IN HIS POSITION AS A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. HE ALSO SAID THAT HE BELIEVES THAT HE HAS BROUGHT VOTERS TO THE G.O.P. DEVIN, BACK TO YOU. WELL, MARA, IF HE WILL NOT GO VOLUNTARILY WHERE IS THE OPTION FOR THE MICHIGAN G.O.P. THERE ARE NO OPTIONS. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT HE IS HERE TO STAY. THAT IS OF GREAT CONCERN TO MANY CONSULTANTS THAT BELIEVE HE IMPACTS THEM NEGATIVELY IN THE 2014 ELECTION CYCLE.

DETROIT -

GOP National Committeeman Dave Agema is no stranger to controversy.

Just last spring, Agema cited a so-called study on his Facebook page by a white supremacist which made crazy claims such as gays are responsible for 1/2 the murders in large cities.

He eventually took down the post and blew off calls for his resignation. Last week, he fired up social media again by asking whether any Muslim had made a contribution to American society.

"I readily acknowledge my mistake, appreciate the charitable efforts of Muslim Americans, and offer my my sincerest apology for reposting an article that has been re-quoted as my words."

The apology is followed by Agema saying he plans to stay in his job as the GOP Republican committeeman from Michigan.

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